Museum Aquarelle pencils are the most water-soluble pencils on the market. They dissolve nearly completely with water, leaving little to no residue behind. In addition, they were all formulated to be exceptionally lightfast. The pencils are hexagonal in shape, with 3.8 mm cores. Their exteriors are made of FSC certified cedar wood. They come in a range of 76 colors, although full sets are difficult to find.

Good selection of colors

High quality cores, sharpen well, layer very well.

Dissolve nearly completely with adequate water.

Pigment information and lightfastness is provided by the company.

Color Names and numbers are on every pencil.

Excellent Quality (as well as packaging).

Company has a very long history making water-soluble pencils of high quality.

Caran d'Ache Museum Aquarelle

Each color has been filled in with Hard, Medium, and Light pressure.

A wet brushed was passed over the bottom half to show what each color looks

like, both dry (top) and wet (bottom).

Number

Name

Lightfast

Pigment

001

White

5-star

PW6

242

Primerose

5-star

PY53/PY42

821

Naples Ochre

5-star

PY42/PY184/PBr7

240

Lemon Yellow

5-star

PY3

010

Yellow

4-star

PY13

020

Golden Yellow

5-star

PY83

530

Gold Cadmium Yellow

5-star

PO62/PY74/PY83

030

Orange

5-star

PO62

850

Cornelian

5-star

PO61

060

Vermilion

3-star

PR254/PO43/PY3

560

Light Cadmium Red

5-star

PR188

070

Scarlet

5-star

PR170/PR254

571

Anthraquinoid Pink

5-star

PR168

599

Crimson Aubergine

3-star

PR179/PV19/PB15

575

Carmine Lake

5-star

PR179/PBk6

583

Violet Pink

3-star

PR101/PR168/PO82/PR122

106

Dark Plum

2-star

PV23/PV19/PR3

350

Purplish Red

5-star

PR122

112

Manganese Violet

5-star

PV16

131

Periwinkle Blue2

4-star

PV23/PV16

120

Violet

4-star

PB15/PR122

630

Ultramarine Violet

5-star

PV15

661

Light Cobalt Blue

5-star

PB28

662

Genuine Cobalt Blue

5-star

PB28

660

Middle Cobalt Blue

5-star

PB15/PB29

640

Dark Ultramarine

3-star

PB29/PB1

149

Night Blue

5-star

PB60

159

Prussian Blue

5-star

PBk7/PB60

161

Light Blue

4-star

PBk9/PB15:3

162

Phthalocyanine Blue

5-star

PB15:3

670

Permanent Blue

5-star

PG7/PB15:3

185

Ice Blue

4-star

PB16

171

Turquoise Blue

5-star

PB15/PG7

181

Light Malachite Green

5-star

PG7/PBk9

182

Cobalt Green

5-star

PG50

212

Chromium Oxyde Green

5-star

PG17

225

Moss Green

5-star

PB15/PBk6/PY74/PY3

719

Dark Phyhalocyanine Green

4-star

PB15/PBk6/PY74/PY3

249

Olive

5-star

PY1/PG7/PBk7/PO61

245

Light Olive

5-star

PO61/PY1/PG7

025

Green Ochre

3-star

PY3/PY42/PO62/PBk7/PY13

015

Olive Yellow

5-star

PY3/PBk6

470

Spring Green

5-star

PG7/PY3

720

Bright Green

5-star

PG36/PY1/PY3

220

Grass Green

5-star

PY3/PG7/PY1

210

Emerald Green

5-star

PY3/PB15:3

214

Beryl Green

5-star

PG7

710

Phthalocyanine Green

5-star

PG7

739

Dark Sap Green

5-star

PG7/PBk7

736

Brown Olive 50%

5-star

PY42/PBk7

039

Olive Brown

5-star

PBk7/PY42

037

Brown Ochre

5-star

PR101

036

Raw Sienna

5-star

PY42

034

Yellow Ochre

5-star

PY42/PY154

548

Umber

5-star

PBk11/PY42

052

Saffron

4-star

PO82/PR101

542

Light Flesh 10%

5-star

PO82

041

Apricot

5-star

PO61

055

Cinnamon

5-star

PY42/PY184

077

Burnt Ochre

5-star

PR101/PY42

059

Brown

5-star

PR101/PBk7

044

Terracotta

5-star

PR101/PO82

065

Russet

5-star

PY42/PR101/PR188

866

Burnt Sienna

4-star

PR101/PBk7

057

Chestnut

5-star

PBk11/PY184

049

Raw Umber

5-star

PY42/PR101/PY184/PBk7

046

Cassel Earth

5-star

PY42/PR101/PY184/PBk7

746

Dark Flesh 50%

5-star

PR101/PY42/PBk7

808

French Grey

5-star

PY42/PR101

906

Sepia 50%

5-star

PR101/PBk6/PBr7/PBk6

902

Sepia 10%

5-star

PR101/PBk6/PBr7/PBk6

004

Steel Grey

5-star

PBk6

508

Payne's Grey

4-star

PBk7/PB29

495

Slate Grey

5-star

Graphite

496

Ivory Black

5-star

PBk6

009

Black

5-star

PBk7

Caran d'Ache Museum Core Set

Museum is a line of water-soluble artist leads, that can be used directly on paper or dissolved in water to create watercolor paint. The set comes with a lead holder.